by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | A Living Sacrifice of Praise, Featured
“Give me a free hand;” this is the reported response that Jesus gave to Saint Margaret Mary when she asked, “What must I do?”[i] This is how saints are made. For it is of His fullness, we have received grace upon grace.[ii] For each of us...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | ~ All ~, To Your Health
Updated content February 5, 2022: As a nurse practitioner, I have had many different COVID tests over the last year and a half…today’s was by far the easiest. In our previous blog about where to get a “fast” PCR COVID test, we talked about local options for...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | A Living Sacrifice of Praise, Featured
In September, the Church celebrates tremendous feast days. We turn our attention to the Triumph of the Cross and Our Lady of Sorrows. St. Bernard writes beautifully of the power of the contemplation of the wounds of the Lord; it is through these wounds and the...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | ~ All ~, A Living Sacrifice of Praise
In his is commentary on the Song of Songs, Saint Bernard speaks of the Lord as “leaping” and “drawing near the wall” in the Incarnation when he takes on human flesh. “He drew near the wall, therefore, when he joined himself to our flesh. Our flesh is the wall, and...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | ~ All ~, A Living Sacrifice of Praise
Immediately her issue of blood stopped. Looking about, Jesus asks, “Who touched me, for I know that power has gone forth.” The woman with the hemorrhages is a story that is found in each of the synoptic gospels (Matthew 9:20–22, Mark 5:25–34, Luke 8:43–48). This...
